11 great pictures showing what life was like in Sunderland in 1977
It was the year when Sunderland got ready to welcome the Australian cricket team to Ashbrooke.
Source: sunderlandecho.com
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Author Peter Ackroyd: 'You eat a great deal of knowledge. You sick it up. And then you start again' | Peter Ackroyd
The great biographer and novelist, now 74, shows no sign of slowing. Now he’s produced a history of the English soul, and declares himself ‘eager to go on’
Source: theguardian.com
"Brickbats & Tutus": The Story of Julie Felix, Britain's First Black Ballerina – Repeating Islands
British dancer Julie Felix, whose father hails from St. Lucia, was refused places with the London Festival Ballet and the Royal Ballet because she was “coloured,” although she had been a star pupil at the Ballet Rambert School. Later she would be hailed as “Britain’s first black professional ballet dancer,” but only after she had…
Source: repeatingislands.com
Ely: Former ballerina turns 101 at The Orchards Care Home
A former ballerina has turned 101 in style at The Orchards Care Home in Ely.
Source: elystandard.co.uk
Folk legend Steve Tilston and a musical 'night to remember'
FOLK guitar legend Steve Tilston will be heading to Grassington in July for what is being promised as an unforgettable evening of music.
Source: cravenherald.co.uk
Ballet Rambert's Sara Luzita, 100, still dancing at Ely care home
Sara Lemkow shows off some flamenco moves to fellow residents at her care home in Cambridgeshire.
Source: bbc.co.uk
Pierre Lacotte, dancer and choreographer who helped Nureyev defect from the Soviet Union – obituary
Lacotte researched the Paris Opera archives and won renown for his recreations of 19th-century ballets including La Sylphide and Giselle
Source: telegraph.co.uk
How Audrey Hepburn Aided the Dutch Resistance During World War II
Audrey Hepburn didn't talk much about her experiences during World War II, but one biographer was listening.
Source: military.com
Musician who inspired Pacino and Lennon to perform in Ennerdale
The music put on at The Gather in Ennerdale, Cumbria continues to attract International artists to perform there.
Source: newsandstar.co.uk
An ailing aunt and a spare ticket put Jill Sykes on a magical path
The Herald’s dance critic signs off after 50 years.
Source: smh.com.au